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Re: Scale (was Re: Dragonstar!)
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 14 Feb 2003 17:53:45 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Allister McLaren writes:
> In lugnet.space, Mike Petrucelli writes:
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> > > Of course the door is also 6 bricks high, and using a standard door height
> > > of 2100mm (7') you get a scale of about 1:37. This exagerated scale of 1:32
> > > horizontally and 1:37 vertically fits with the rather squat appearance of a
> > > minifig, but could possibly get confusing to work with, especially once SNOT
> > > building enters the equation, so for my own purposes I just use the 4 studs
> > > to the metre in both directions and accept a few anomalies. Of course by
> > > this scale, Dan's ship is even smaller.
> > >
> > > Thoughts? Reactions?
> >
> > Well if you assume minifigs are average human height you would get 3 studs to 1
> > meter. I think that is what most people go by.
> >
> > -Mike Petrucelli
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> But the gist of my previous post is that if you translate that vertical
> measurement into the horizontal it's not quite right. For best accuracy, one
> must use and exxagerated scale (ie. vertical scale is different to
> horizontal scale) Besides, a minifig is about 3 studs wide. I don't think
> the average human is a metre wide.
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> I'm merely suggesting folk try out using a 4 stud to the metre scale and see
> if it works better. I do know when I made a scale drawing of my house on
> Lego graph paper this scale worked out much better.
I personally use the 1 stud = 1 foot scale (or 3 studs = 1 meter). Sure, it
means that my minifigs (even the female ones) are built like linebackers,
but it's easy to convert. And I think that is the reason why so many people
use it, if they use a scale at all. A lot of times, I just build what looks
right without regard to a set scale.
Sure, you could go through the trouble to convert the height appropriately
using 1 brick = 6/5 studs, but that gets mathematically complicated when all
I want to do is build something cool. I just accept that a minifig takes up
3 studs by 6 studs laying down and when standing is 3 studs wide x 5 bricks
high. I leave the rest to selective compression.
> Allister
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> PS. I've been a professional draftsman for 14 years, so I'm not exactly new
> to questions of scale.
Me too. 10 years professional, 4 years student.
> PPS just because everyone goes by it, it doesn't necessarily mean it's best.
> Especially when it's based on an inaccurate assumption, or at least one as
> open to debate as 'average human height', whereas a standard door opening is
> a fairly universal 1m x2.1m including jamb. This is something a bit more
> cencrete to work with.
Kind of like using US inches and the Metric system... Which one is easier to
use? I know which one is easier to use and which one I've been brainwashed
into using simply because "that's the way we've always done it."
> PPPS However, if you prefer the 1 stud to the foot scale, then by all means
> stick with it. I'm merely suggesting an alternative that I feel is more
> accurate. It is only one man's opinion, but I would at least hope folk would
> reflect on my logic before dismissing it.
I'm not trying to dismiss your logic. I just tend to feel that humans are a
lot like water - they both take the path of least resistance.
-Duane
PS
The "average" human male according to my data is 1.77m tall, .45m wide
(shoulder-to-shoulder) and .23m thick (chest-to-back)
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